Teen sentenced to 20 years to life in murder

CIRCLEVILLE – A Pataskala teenager has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the murder of an elderly Orient man earlier this year.

Jordan Legg, 17, was sentenced Thursday by Pickaway County Common Pleas Judge P. Randall Knece after Legg entered a guilty plea to aggravated murder for his role in the death of 84-year-old Thomas Whitson in March.

Legg was one of five people who was allegedly involved in the crime. Three co-defendants are awaiting trial.

The triggerman, 30-year-old Shaun Lawson was sentenced to life in prison last month.

As part of his sentence, Knece ordered Legg to spend every March 30, the anniversary of the crime, in solitary confinement.